Re: Amalgam "fad"

I would recommend the following link for those who believe removing mercury is faddish and only serves to pad the pocket of the dentist. More the point, the fact that mercury is still being inserted into people's mouths today is very much the result of heavy lobbying by the ADA to avoid it being banned altogether.

www.iaomt.org

Hair analysis and blood tests for mercury poisoning are not reliable. As with all heavy metals, they will be found predominantly in your body tissue and organs, and not the blood stream. Biopsy is by far the best method of determining mercury levels and this is not usually done unless the patient has experienced acute environmental mercury poisoning of some sort.

Instead, what physicians look for with mercury poisoning (this includes both environmental and dental in the consideration) is CNS damage (central nervous system): slow speech, balance problems, shakiness, weakness; GI dysbiosis (gastro-intestinal illness); Antibiotic resistant gut infection; psychological issues such as emotional instability and cognitive difficulties (http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic617.htm)

Assuming no other sources of mercury poisoning are apparent (and of course no other neurological illnesses etc.) and the patient presents with some or all of the above symptoms, then most will recommend the replacement of mercury Amalgams with composite or porcelain fillings in an attempt to alleviate the patient's symptoms.

Once the Amalgams are removed, the mercury begins to leach from the patient's body tissue and organs and is excreted through the urine. The mercury levels in the urine at that point will soar up to five times what they were before the Amalgams were removed. During this time the liver and kidneys experience a heavy toxic load, and some physicians will recommend a combination of chelating and replacement minerals be introduced via I.V. to help the patient through the excretion phase of the heavy metal. This is considered a mandatory part of the procedure if the patient already presents with damaged liver and kidneys as a result of long term heavy metal poisoning.

It should be noted that although the American Dental Association (ADA) continues to assert that the Amalgam fillings pose no threat to people's health, as of 2002 they do not recommend these amalgams for pregnant women or children. California now requires dentists post warning signs clearly visible to patients regarding the use of Amalgam fillings in their offices. And we as patients should be questioning the expertise of doctors trained in dentistry as to their ability to determine the biochemical implications of introducing mercury alloys into the human body.

The International Acadmeny of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) has good clinical data available on its site regarding mercury amalgams.

And it does not take a scientist to stop for a moment to think that you learn from the age of 2 not to chew on AA batteries and yet you happily submit to placing the same toxic metals in your mouth to fill decayed spaces. Go figure.

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